Afternoon on 3 - Song and Dance - Episode 1

BBC Concert Orchestra Penny Gore shines the spotlight on the BBC Concert Orchestra this week, also featuring BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists: today mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner in some evocative Spanish songs, and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani playing a concerto by Czech composer Viktor Kalabis. Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo); 7 Canciones populares espagnolas (excerpts) Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano) Mahler: Blumine Viktor Kalabis: Harpsichord Concerto Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 2.50pm Mahler, arr Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (from Symphony no. 3) Rodrigo: De los Alamos vengo, madre (Cuatro madrigals amatorios) Chueca y Valverde: Schottisch del Eliseo (La Gran via) Montsalvatge: Canto negro (Cinco canciones negras) Daniela Lehner (mezzo) 3.10pm Stravinsky: Firebird - suite (1919) BBC Concert Orchestra Matthew Coorey (conductor) 3.35pm Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Odysseus Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Stone (baritone) London Oriana Choir BBC Concert Orchestra David Drummond (conductor) 4.35pm York Bowen: Piano Concerto no 3 (Fantasia) in G minor, Op 23 Michael Dussek (piano) BBC Concert Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor).